CSCS Athlete & Coaches Services

Nutrition and Recovery Workshops
The recovery nutrition session will focus on nutrient intake timing for optimal recovery from both aerobic and strength training. The athletes will have an opportunity to share their own nutrition strategies for recovery and we will discuss the barriers to optimal recovery nutrition and develop realistic strategies to deal with these barriers. >> more NEWS

Nutrition on a Dime
Athletes living on their own while in school or training away from home may find themselves faced with the challenge of eating for high performance while on a limited budget. Coupled with time constraints, the many temptations of fast food outlets, convenience stores, and even the grocery store, can interfere with both living on a budget and achieving optimal nutrition. >> more NEWS

AthletesCAN Leadership Project: Official Launch of Online Module – Athletes on Boards
OTTAWA (Dec. 10, 2009) – AthletesCAN is pleased to announce the official launch of the Athletes on Boards online leadership module. The need to support leadership development of Canada’s athletes has been a long-held priority of the AthletesCAN Board of Directors. Over the years, athletes have become increasingly involved at the decision making table and more specifically at the board level. >> more NEWS

2010 Investors Group Bursary Applications Are Now Available
Applications for the 2010 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund are now available! In keeping with their commitment to amateur sport in Canada, Investors Group is once again offering $5,000 each to 20 of our country’s elite athletes to assist with costs of training and competition. Since the program’s inception in 2000, the Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund has provided Canadian athletes with $1,000,000. Deadline for applications is Feb. 1, 2010.
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2010 Saskatchewan Hopefuls

Intensity of Olympic trials help curlers prepare
Saskatchewan News Network - December 15, 2009
Ben Hebert spent his first Monday as a Winter Olympian practising the three Rs -- relaxing, recovering and replying to the many messages left on his cellphone. >> more NEWS

Hebert having a great time
Leader-Post - December 15, 2009
Ben Hebert spent his first Monday as a Winter Olympian practising the three Rs -- relaxing, recovering and replying to the many messages left on his cellphone. >> more NEWS

McCusker has advice for new Team Canada
Leader-Post - December 15, 2009
Joan McCusker has been there and has the gold medal to prove she has done that in women's curling at the Winter Olympics. >> more NEWS

Canada gold rush is on
Martin, Bernard headed to Vancouver after winning Canadian Olympic curling trials

Canwest News Service - December 14, 2009
This Olympic thing is becoming old hat for the Old Bear, but it promises to be an even more amazing trip for his young curling cubs. >> more NEWS

Bernard books Olympic ticket
Calgary Herald - December 14, 2009
"Stop," pleaded Susan O'Connor. "Please, please, please stop." And finally, it did, and the shout of triumph from Cheryl Bernard's vice-skip rose above the cheers of the largest crowd to ever watch a women's curling game Saturday night at Rexall Place. >> more NEWS

Olympic team named in Saskatoon
The StarPhoenix - December 9, 2009
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday it will unveil the men's Olympic team roster Dec. 30 in Saskatoon. Further details, including an exact time and location, haven't yet been announced. The unveiling will be done in the midst of the IIHF world junior hockey championship, which runs December 26 to January 5 in Saskatoon and Regina. >> more NEWS

 
Follow the Saskatchewan athletes as they strive to reach their dreams to compete at 2010.
 

2010 News

Olympic Torch Relay - Saskatchewan Schedule
Although the torch will pass through 38 Saskatchewan communities and places of special interest, it will only stop in nine that have been designated as "celebration communities" by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee. The torch will arrive first in Saskatchewan in La Ronge as it travels across northern Canada west to east by air. It returns in January on its trek westward, stopping first in Yorkton and departing the province from Lloydminster. >> more NEWS

Olympic Torch Relay Interactive Map
Follow the flame’s journey on the historic 106-day journey across Canada on an interactive map featuring daily coverage, profiles, photos and videos. >> more NEWS

Minister McNeil announces Vancouver students who will work on a Canadian-German newspaper that will cover the Paralympics
December 4, 2009
VANCOUVER, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC together with Councillor and Deputy Mayor Georg Chow will announce the nine Vancouver high school students who will participate in the Canadian-German project Paralympic Newspaper - Paralympics Zeitung. >> more NEWS
 

Results & Achievements

Local roundup
The Leader-Post - December 17, 2009
Regina's Christine Richardson defeated Donna Ryder of Ireland 15-8, 15-7 in a girls under-19 match on the first day of competition at the 21st IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Tuesday. >> more NEWS

Five Lady Toppers Voted to NSCAA All-South Region Teams
Western Kentucky - December 8, 2009
Five Lady Toppers were named to All-South Region teams by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), the most in a single season in program history. Senior Kellie Walker and sophomore Mallory Outerbridge were named to the All-South Region Second Team, while senior Rachel Friedman and sophomores Libby Stout and Kaylyn Pratt were voted to the third team. >> more NEWS

CSCS Registered Athletes and Coaches
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   Della Ruopp - Communications/Marketing Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan
   Phone: (306) 780-9375


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